motion carried with all council members present and in favor On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Rohan Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone > In preparation for today's meeting in Kubuntu Devel, there's a > proposed change for the council by laws. This is a copy of the draft > that we'll be discussing in #kubuntu-devel. > > This document details the constitution of the group hereinafter > referred to as the 'Kubuntu Council' or the 'council'. CIVS refers to > the Condorcet Internet Voting Service > (http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html). KDE e.v. refers to a > registered non-profit organization that represents the KDE Project in > legal and financial matters (http://ev.kde.org). Kubuntu refers to the > free software distribution project (http://www.kubuntu.org). Ubuntu > refers to the free software distribution project > (http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/governance). > > The purpose of the council is to make decisions and govern Kubuntu. > > Kubuntu is part of the Ubuntu project and the council will abide by > legitimate decisions of the Ubuntu Community Council. > > The Kubuntu Council can appoint Kubuntu Members, and any active > Kubuntu contributor is welcome to apply for membership. > > Council members are appointed for a period of two years based on a > vote of Kubuntu Members. > > The Kubuntu Council will appoint a chair, secretary, and treasurer > from among its members (each council member shall hold only one of > these positions). > > A vote is defined as quorate if at least three council members are present. > > If the meeting is not quorate, voting shall be done by e-mail over a > period of three days. > > The chair shall have a casting vote. > > If the Kubuntu Council falls below three members and it is not > possible to elect new council members, the funds and any other assets > will be defaulted to KDE e.V. > > Motions are carried by simple majority or by using CIVS. > > If any council members do not respond to contact attempts by other > council members or contact the project for over three months, they > shall be considered inactive and a vote may be organized to replace > them. > > Revisions to the constitution must be pre-announced on the > kubuntu-devel mailing list, must be pre-announced to the Ubuntu > Community Council and other stakeholders, and must be approved by a > vote of the Kubuntu Council. > > Cheers > Rohan Garg > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
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